Water elevator



Jan. "2911929.

G. M. ASK

WATER ELEVATOR Filed Aug. 11. 1927 mmnwi YHINVENTOR ATTORNVEY v Patented Jan. 29,1929. 2

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wA'TE'R ELEVAEEOR nppiieafibn filed August 11, 1927. sensino; 212,256;

This invention relates particularly to a means for raising water from a. stream or other *body of water through the operation of one or more windmills-or other power plants ,l aositi'one'd "at a distance therefrom.

It is one object of the invention to provide a simple and-econoinica'l mechanism of the character indic'a'te'dthat can be easily and cfiici'ently operated by one or more Slllfll'l windmills or "other suit-able power plant located at any desired distancetherefrom.

it is another object of the invention to provide mechanism of the character indicated wherein the power applied by the windmills may be'regulat'e'd as desired a point adof the ower transmitting mechanism;

' Referring now more particularly to the drawing,1 sl1ow at 1 aframework constructed in any suitable 'iii'anner to be fixedly positioned over a body of water and to extend a distance thereabove as shown.

On the frame 1 are mounted twoparz-lllel shafts as 2 and 3, these shafts being spaced at distance apart and oneshaft'as 3 being of somewhat higher elevation than the other.

On the shaft 2 are mounted two spaced sprocket wheels as 44:, rotating with the shaft and having uniformly spaced peripheral notches formed therein as at 5.

' On shaft 3 are mounted spaced sprocket wheels as 66 similar to sprockets 4 and provided with notches 7 and also radially arranp;ed arms 8 mounted thereon. 'On this shaft are also mounted apair of pulleys as V 9 and 10, these pulleys being; independently revoluble on the shaft and having dog and atchet connections therewith as indicated at 11 and 12 respectively.

At 13 is shown an endlesschain in which the links are connected by pins 14 extending I laterally therefrom "on both sides to enga e tl1e'notches5 and 7 whereby the chain may be caused to travel ina vertical plane over the two sprockets, its upper portion "between the two sprockets being on an incline as shown. Every other link in this chain car-i ries a bucket 15 which fills on its upward movement, and empties intoa trough 16 on the inclined portionof its path of travel. The arms8 serve to engage the sides of the chain as "they fap'proach th'e iirstrsprock'et 3 and guide the'pins 14 into the notches 5 and :7.

A third pulley "17 ism'oun ted on the frame in a horizontal. plane, spaced a 'di hncefrom the pilil-leys 9 and 10, its axis lyin-g'in a vertical plane passing l'nidn'ay between the two pulleys asshown. Af'cabl'e 18 is passed over the pulley 9 and around the same makisgtne complete turn, thence around the pulley 17,

and thence over the pulley 10 and completely around the same. The iesi i lt ef'this 'ciihstr'iicgi'e'me'nt is that whenl'ohe e'n'd "the t tion and ar w of the cable 18 is pulled ihdic'z-iftetl by arrow 19 thepulley 9 is op M the shaft 3 a'n'd'tiper'ate the bucket ulley 10 isrotate'dfbackward W1 other end of the cab'l'eis pu-l lec by the arrow 20'th'e pulley 10 is (3'1 [if rotate the shaft 3 and operate the buckets while thepulley 9 is "rotated 'kwar l".

Mounted on afram'e 21pos it-i'on'e'd on the ground "a fdistah'ce from firamel and in alignment with' the puu'e se and 10 is an hv'enbalanced rocking inemh'er '22. In the pi-es ent case this member is Show aerating-1e with its apes overlying the .pivot 23 and onthe side oppositeto the frame'l. Its base is lilifWlSQ angular-1y positioned'and has a guide slot 24 formed therein. In the slot 24 and equally spacen'on opposite sides of the pivotpin or shaft 23 are shoes 25 and 26, and adjacent each end of the'slot are mounted pulc leys 27 and 28. Oneend of the ca le 18 is connected to one shoe as 25 at 29, and the other end is connected to the shoe 26 as at 30. 1%; cable31 is shown connected to shoe same and thence under and around the shaft a 23 and back to the shoe 26 at 35. By means of this construction the length of the pull of the triangle when rocked, that is the pull upon the cable 18 in either direction, may be varied by turning the shaft 23. Turning it in the direction indicated by the arrow will draw the shoes 26c25 toward each other and consequently shorten the pull on cable 18, and turning it in the opposite direction Will move the shoes away from each other and lengthen the pull.

A rocking movement of the triangle in one direction is effected by means of a cable 36" connected to its lower corner as 37 and to a Windmill as 38 through the medium of any suitable eccentric connection not shown. The operation of the Windmill pulls upon the tri- 39 on a suitable support 40 to the lower end 7 c of a rod 41 pivotally mounted as at 42, thence to a similarly mounted rod 43 pivoted at a point adjacent its upper end as 44 and continued from the lowerend of the rod as 45 to another structure of the same kind or to the triangle as described. If severalsmall Windmills are to be used to operate the same cable they may be connected thereto at a given point as 46, additional leads to other Windmills beingindicated at 47 It may noW be seen that the cable 56 may be operated by one or more Windmills to rock the triangle 22in one direction, thereby operating the buckets to raise Water, and the overbalancing of the member 22 used'to operate the triangle in the opposite direction, this movement also being utilized to operate the buckets to raise Water. 7

It is to be understood, of course, that While I have herein shown and described but one specific embodiment of the invention, changes in form, construction and method of assembly plane, a rocker arm mounted a distance there'- irom, a cable connected to the arm at equal distances from its pivotal point, and adjustable relative to said pivotal'point, gravity actuated means mounted on the arm to move the same in one direction, power actuated means connected to the arm to move the same in the opposite direction, and cable operated mechanism operatively connected to the chain to rotate the same in one direction. i

2. A Water elevator comprising an endless chain having Water buckets mounted thereon and rcvolubly mounted to travel in a vertical plane, a rocker arm mounted a distance therefrom, a cable connected to the arm at equal distances from its pivotal point, alternately acting power and gravity actuated means connected to the arm on opposite sides of its pivotal point, and cable operated mechanism operatively connect-ed to the chain to rotate V the same in one direction.

A-Water elevatorcomprising an endless chain having Water buckets mounted thereon and revolubly mounted to travel in a vertical plane, a rocker arm mounted a distance there from, a cable connected to the arm at equal 7 distances from its pivotal point, cable operated mechanism operatively connected to the chain to rotate the same in one direction, a

' cable connected to the arm to actuate the same (moses ASK, 

